Beautiful knife

Tim Simmons · 4th May 2006, 09:54 AM

I think you may well right Lew. I like the depiction of soldiers? with plumed helmets on the other knife. I would have thought Mexican folk art would have some more native references in the decorative motif. The quality of the knife manufacture, the beauty of the naive art all add up to something special in my mind.

ariel · 5th May 2006, 02:59 AM

Lew and Tim,
Why do you think the one Lew shows is Spanish? The seller, who presumably had some info, called it Mexican. What ground do we have to disbelieve him?
The "Spanish" motives in the depiction of a soldier? Well, this is a very expensive knife, probably hunting and must have belonged to a wealthy man (likely proud of his European heritage). Do we expect him to have engravings of Mexican folk art? Pinatas? Aztec symbology?
Here is another one (just ended), defined as Mexican: stacked handle, flat-headed eagle pommel and engravings that have some resemblance to the arabesque engravings on the blade of the knife in question.
I see no reason Mexican artisans could not produce high quality knives with European motives.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Lew · 5th May 2006, 04:21 AM

Ariel

The knives I have seen even the nice quality ones from Mexico do not compare in quality to the knife in the link I provided. It might of came out of Mexico but it was probably imported from Spain. I think I saw a similar dagger in a recent thread within the last month or so. I will need to do a search on the forum.

Lew

ariel · 8th May 2006, 02:25 AM

Perhaps, Ernesto E. can help us: he is from Mexico.
Ernesto, are you around?

4th May 2006, 09:54 AM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	I think you may well right Lew. I like the depiction of soldiers? with plumed helmets on the other knife. I would have thought Mexican folk art would have some more native references in the decorative motif. The quality of the knife manufacture, the beauty of the naive art all add up to something special in my mind.

5th May 2006, 02:59 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Lew and Tim, Why do you think the one Lew shows is Spanish? The seller, who presumably had some info, called it Mexican. What ground do we have to disbelieve him? The "Spanish" motives in the depiction of a soldier? Well, this is a very expensive knife, probably hunting and must have belonged to a wealthy man (likely proud of his European heritage). Do we expect him to have engravings of Mexican folk art? Pinatas? Aztec symbology? Here is another one (just ended), defined as Mexican: stacked handle, flat-headed eagle pommel and engravings that have some resemblance to the arabesque engravings on the blade of the knife in question. I see no reason Mexican artisans could not produce high quality knives with European motives. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

5th May 2006, 04:21 AM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Ariel The knives I have seen even the nice quality ones from Mexico do not compare in quality to the knife in the link I provided. It might of came out of Mexico but it was probably imported from Spain. I think I saw a similar dagger in a recent thread within the last month or so. I will need to do a search on the forum. Lew

8th May 2006, 02:25 AM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Perhaps, Ernesto E. can help us: he is from Mexico. Ernesto, are you around?